Kate Gosselin

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Jon Gosselin has been dumped again -- this time by producers of his TLC reality show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8." The cable network announced Monday that the program will be renamed "Kate Plus 8" starting Nov. 2. While definitely-not-dad of the year will still drop in for cameos, the show will focus on Kate's role as a single mother while continuing to chronicle the lives of the Gosselin kids (5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins). "We hope for the sake of the family that things are more manageable," TLC President Eileen O'Neill told The Associated Press.

"Jon & Kate Plus 8" will soon be simply "Kate Plus Eight." That's the word from TLC, which announced Tuesday that its hit reality show is adapting to the nasty split in the Gosselin household. The renamed "Kate Plus Eight," which begins Nov. 2, will involve Jon Gosselin, TLC's president and general manager Eileen O'Neill said, but in a lesser capacity. The show also will continue to chronicle the lives of the Gosselin kids (5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins) but will focus on Kate's role as a single mother, The Associated Press reports.

Co-hosting with the women of "The View" Monday, Kate Gosselin of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" said it's "difficult" to deal with estranged husband Jon Gosselin's bringing girlfriend Hailey Glassman around their children. Gosselin said she had "a meltdown" away from the reality show's cameras, according People.com.

Sassy Kathy Kate, meet Kathy. Oak Park native Kathy Griffin is spoofing mom-of-multiples Kate Gosselin in a skit set to air Wednesday on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The "My Life on the D-List" comedian is a dead ringer in Gosselin's trademark blond 'do and a purple bikini, as seen in photos from ABC. "Kate who? Just call me Kathy Gosselin," Griffin tells people.com. Original "Star Trek" actor George Takei plays Jon. Weekend update update This just in ... Kristin Wiig will not, we repeat NOT, be sharing "SNL's" Weekend Update desk with Seth Meyers, according to ew.com, which quoted an "SNL" insider.

"I can't sit on the sofa with that woman. I can't sit [with] someone that I despise." --Jon Gosselin, referring to estranged wife Kate Gosselin in an interview that aired Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." Jon also accuses Kate of taking his wedding ring.

Rapper Ludacris has given away 20 cars to people who wrote about their struggles to keep their jobs for a lack of wheels of their own. He partnered with a suburban Atlanta car dealership for Sunday's giveaway, The Associated Press reports. ... Actress Marley Shelton of CBS' "Eleventh Hour" gave birth to a girl, West, on Sunday in Los Angeles, People.com reports. ... In another excerpt released from his interview scheduled to air Tuesday on "Good Morning America," Jon Gosselin says of estranged wife Kate Gosselin: "Our relationship will never be fixed.

Listening to Kate Gosselin stutter and sniff her way through her recent chats with the "Today" show's Meredith Vieira, it was hard to keep a straight face. Kate doesn't blame the decision to participate in TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" for the disintegration of her marriage; it probably would have happened anyway. Really? Your husband would have left you for a Star reporter and/or the daughter of the plastic surgeon who gave you a tummy tuck (free, because it was filmed), even if you had just remained some obscure churchgoing Pennsylvania family with a bunch of kids?

Have you been paying attention to the gossip this week? Think you know the skinny on Jon and Kate, Speidi and that weird alien movie everyone's talking about? OK, smarty pants, take RedEye's pop culture pop quiz and find out where you stand. 1. Match the following quotes to the celebrity who said them. A. "I'll give you my best line, my old line, my old single-guy [pickup] line. You say, 'Hey ... what are you doing for sex later?' " B. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.